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DISTINGUISHED HONOR TO HONORABLE MAN Address of Nebraska New United States Senator YOUNGEST STAR IN SENATE Hon. Elmer J. Burkett of Lan caster County Speaks to Legislative Members The hall of the house of Represen tatives was literally packed when the Hon. Eltner J. Burkett was declared by a joint committee of both houses and senate elected United States sena tor for a term of six years beginning on the 4th of March. The crowd which witnessed the formality was as mixed and as truly democratic in its makeup as one could find. There were digni fied judges of the supreme court, meni^ bers of the house, senators, state offi cials, friends and neighbors of Mr. Bur kett, women, children, ragged boys trom the streets, state house employes, business men—every class of humanity, almost, was represented and everybody joined in the chorus of approval which greeted the announcement that Mr. Burkett had at last realized the hope which the people of Nebraska were pleased to hold out to him. In his address before the joint assem bly’ Mr. Burkett saicl: Air. President, Mr. Speaker and Gen tlemen of the Legislature, I deem this election to thp United States senate the highest honor that the state can give one. It is the highest position that any state can give any man. I thank you for it. “Thank,” is so small a word and so easily said, and oft-times so lightly said, that some w'ay it seems almost inadequate to express my feel ings. If the English language con tained a stronger word of gratitude I assure you that I would use it. My appreciation is sincere, but language fails. As there are no words to ex press grief, nor any to portray the sub lime emotions of joy, so are there none adequately to convey the feelings of the heart bounding with gratitude. i pieage you six years of the best ser vice that I can give to the state and the nation as my appreciation of your generosity here and now. I crave your indulgence whole I go further and thank the people of toe state who elect ed you. and thus gave you the power to confer this honor. THE REPUBLICAN POLICIES. I indulge the hope that I shall merit the continued help and support and kindly feeling of all the people of the state. I am elected a republican and I shall be such in political matters, where party policy divides us. I believe that republican policies are for the best Interests of the American people. But first I am an American citizen and a Nebraskan. I want Nebraska to do her part in the great work of the na tion. I want to keep the high stand ard which my distinguished predeces sors of all parties have set. I realize that with this election there comes much of duty and something of responsibility. There is also something of achievement and something of hon °* ia be}ng elected a United States senator. But I have never believed * that ‘success” in politics was simply to be elected to something. The prize in public life is not getting into office; that is only the opportunity to con fQjL the Prize. There is little in title The genuine reward—the cher ished ambition of the soul is the ap probation of a loving constituency for some measure of success in performing the duties of the office. You have gi\en rae the title I will try and make it honorable. You have given me the opportunity—I will undertake to win the prize. I congratulate you all upon your own election. It is an expression of confi dence that you may well appreciate. It Is an old and familiar platitude that the world wants better men.” I am an optimist and believe that the world lias the best men today.and the most of them since “The sentinel stars set their watch In the sky.” From a per sonal acquaintance with each of you I believe that this legislature will be the best that Nebraska has ever had. I say that with ail deference to the high character of preceeding legislatures, one of which I had the honor of be ing a member. We are living in the most enlight ened age of the world’s history and consequently in the most exacting pe riod of human existence. And. while wre congratulate ourselves upon the former, we must qualify ourselves for the latter. More is expected of a man than ever before In morals as well as , capacity. HK,H standard demanded. This demand upon inea is no less in private life than in public life. It only seems so because fewer eyes are fo cused there. In fact, the higher stand ard in private affairs is responsible for the higher demands in public office. Behavior in private life moulds the ethics of the nation. It must be ob aerved of* every student of history that governments have been better as the people themselves have Improved, that governments have become humane as the people have become enlightened. Just as the people have become frater nal and strong, conservative and sub stantial as education and Christianity have supplanted ignorance and super stition. On the other hand a voluptu ous people has always reaped a liclen ticus abuse of government. The same generation that furnished a weak minded, inglorious king, fighting the maddened, storm-tossed water of the ctean with his blood-begrimed and im potent javelin,, produced, as the histor ian tells us, but a single virtuous wo man in all his kingdom to restore his sight and appease the wrath of the gods. As & people and as a nation we have every reason to rejoice at our position among the people and the nations of the earth. We lead the world in ma terial progress. American diplomacy is triumphant.. “Old Glory” is "The Gem of the Ocean,” and is known and re spected wherever her folds kiss the breezes of heaven. The United States has demonstrated a good many things during the short century of its exis tence. It has based strong government on good government. It has given more protection to the individual, more pea<;e to his mind, more hope to his heart, than any other nation on earth. It has conferred a new purpose to lib erty and extended a new meaning to hope and opportunity. It has proven that Justice and kindness are more po tent of control than trranny and op pression. It has an own that national sacrifice is national glory. It has made philanthropy world-wide, mercy inter national and humanity universal. But over all and because of all it has dem onstrated the more important fact that the people can govern themselves— that a popular government can exist— that the people through their own chosen agencies can make laws and' enforce them. Encouraged by their own successes through succeeding years the people, chafing under restrictions, have reached out and taken unto themselves prerogatives that the founders of the republic did not believe belonged to them. And from year to year* we find the disposition of the people growing to know more and do more of the things that pertain to their government. NEED OF1 LEGISLATION. One might suppose that a day would come when all necessary law's would be made and that nothing would re main for the legislator to do. But a moment’s reflection will convince us that such a time will mark the millen nium—when the wiles of the devil will he curbed and the ambitions of civili zation will be triumphant in a reign of holiness throughout the world. While men are human, some of them hopeful and aspiring and others depraved and degraded, there will be need of legisla tion. | It is not a wholly unfamiliar expres sion that ‘‘we have too many laws now.” But this is true only to the an archist in direct opposition to all forms of government and to that other class of individuals who test their wits rath er than piety in their “preying” for daily subsistence. The development of human tastes and ideals finds its expression in the laws and we all hope that development may go on. The material progress of the country and the mental achieve ments of the people from year to year demands constant revision of the old laws and the enactment of new ones. Every line of the statute books marks the progress of the people and the development of the country. Speed regulations, safety appliances, and danger signals is legislation of this generation and necessitated only as man’s inventive genius makes him to travel with the velocity of electricity and carry with the power of steam. Trade regulations, rate making, traffic control, corporation surveillance in legislation is the natural product of this commercial age. Law maning must Keep up with tne evolution of industry and with every possibility of injustice. The rebate, arbitrary and disproportionate rates under same conditions and other forms of discriminations between individuals and communities are injustices and wrongs against the public and there fore proper subjects of governmental inquiry. The congress of the United States, so far as its authority goes, has recognized its duty and has not been slow to act. Anti-trust laws, the inter state commerce commission, the anti rebate law, the bureau of corporations, appropriation of money for special counsel, and enactments for speedy trial, are some of the governmental factors that congress has already em ployed. FAVOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. Sufficient has not yet been done. New agencies may yet be needed, additional powers to those already created may be sufficient. A govern mental agency given the authority to determine rates and yet without power to enforce its decrees, is not only futile and impotent for any good, but like the old Continental Congress that could declare war, but not muster an army or raise a dollar, is of little consolation at home and commands no respect abroad. I am not In accord with the distinguished citizen of our own state who advocates state ownership of rail roads as the solution of the problem. I do not believe it is the best way or the most economic way. In general terms I do not believe that the govern ment should do anything that indi viduals can do. What the government has undertaken to do in the past has been what was too large for private en terprise to undertake or of not suffi cient remuneration to warrant the in vestment of private capital. Public ownership thwarts individualism, stup efies hope and ambition, hampers in ventive genius and destroys opportun ity. Better than own the railroads is to exercise such proper and sufficient control as shall make them efficiency and economically to serve the public. With President Roosevelt’s recent message still fresh in our minds and with our confidence in his honesty and energy there can be no doubt with any one that this matter of transportation and all the others of the great prob lems of our internal trade and com merce, as well as those of labor and capital, will have as they are now re ceivmg, proper investigation to tne end that wise, conservative, patriotic and efficient legislation shall be had. And let me say here, as I indicated to you in my telegram a few days ago, that it will be my pleasure to stand firmly with the president and to sustain his arm in his efforts to solve these great problems. We have passed the period of uncer tainty in this country. We are no long er. “an Infant Republic,”—but a “full grown nation.” WTe have gone beyond the “hoping that we shall become a great nation"—we are a great nation. We have spent our time of apprentice ship as a governing power, and we be lieve that no question is too subtle for us to fathom and no undertaking too great for us to handle. We made America free, we made Cuba free, and under the guidance of a good Provi dence, we have gone seven thousand miles into the ocean to carry freedom to the people of the Philippine islands. We sent our guns there, we sent our boys there, we sent our teachers and preachers and bibles there. Old Glory is there—and by the conscience of eighty millions of people liberty Is there. We are not going to stop until we make it easier for some people to visit the islands who don't seem to comprehend just what we are doing over there. THE PANAMA CANAL. We have undertaken to dig the Pana ma canal, so that by and by a ship can sail from Boston right into Man ila harbor. The American people want ed the canal a long time before we had the Philippines and before most of them knew just where the Islands were. And if we fail to appreciate the Divine Will In the Manila bay Incident, we ought at least to be grateful for the excuse it has furnished the United States for confiscating the liabilities of a defunct, impotent and somewhat discredited corporation and assuming the responsibility of digging the cana! ourselves The suddenness of it shocked some nerves and the certainty of it no doubt shocked some calculations. But the canal will be built because we have the nerve to undertake it—the genius to do it and the money to pay for it. The overwhelming majorities in creasing year by year with the tariff the main issue establishes without doubt that the American people believe in the protective policy. During our hundred years of national life we have tried all forms and all schedules. But experience teaches us that the greatest prosperity has come to use when the products of labor of this country have been protected against the importation of the products of labor of foreign countries. The degree of protection needed in the main can be measured by the difference in the cost of labor here and abroad. America is the best mar ket place in the world and the Ameri can producer is entitled at least to an equal chance in that market with the foreign vendor. The years under this policy have been the happy, prosperous and progressive years, they have been the years when labor was best em ployed when factories were busiest, v.hen wages were highest and mankind most contented. With the policy de termined and protection established, the question then settles itself down to one detail, to produce the desired re sults. THE TARIFF QUESTION. The only tariff question, or the only phase of it that now confronts us is the schedules of the present tariff law. W hile there is some disagreement as to the rates in some particulars, there is lacking as yet any sufficient con census of opinion as would warrant the risk of the provisions of that, law to the more or less uncertain results of general tariff revision. I can think of no greater danger both fancied and real, that could possibly threaten us than a hasty, precipitate revision of the Dingley law. No law was eVer made with more care. No law was ever made by more competent hands. No law ever produced so splendid results with the quickness almost of magic and the continuance of years. No law pier sustained itself so long in the confidence of the industrial world. It is easy to talk of tariff revision. It is more difficult to agree on the re wsion and to frame tariff laws. Or to put it in a better way by using the v’oros of the late, lamented Speaker Reed, “It is easy to revise tarff—in your mind.” In view of the delicacy of the undertaking to all industrial United States, and the danger of too hasty or immature action 1 most heart ily approve of the decision of the pres ident as reported in the press not to call, for the present and early summer, at least, an extra session of congress for tarih revision. Gentlemen of the legislature. I accept this posit*on to which you have elected rr e aril thank vou for it. At the proper time I shall assume the duties and un dertake the responsibilities, and, God being my helper. I hope to perform them faithfully and well. Sub-Editor—"A correspondent sends us a full account of a cock fight, with photographs of the steel spurs used, the cock pit, spectators, birds in battle, etc., with every round described.” Great Editor—"Glorious! Get it all in.” Sub-Editor (doubtfully)—“But this is a family paper.” Great Editor—"Y-e-s—I—know. Head it ‘A Brutal Sport—Where were the Police?’ ” Cupid is a sorry leader; after lead ing people into trouble he leaves them to fight it out themselves. Editor Hightone Magazine—“I have examined your manuscript, sir, and find it a thrilling narrative, which ar rests the attention at start and holds it spellbound to the end.” Struggling Author (despairingly) — “Then, of course, it won’t do.” Old Gentleman—“Tell me, my friend, why you are so ugly to passengers.’ Brutal Conductor—“So they’ll hate th’ street car company wot employs me. See?” “N-o, not exactly.” “Why, when they hate the company, they’ll just laugh to theirselves whan they see me cheatin' th’ company by not ringin’ up fares. See?” Mr. Gotham—“So my old friend, Col. Bloodbring, is in disgrace?” Col. Kaintuck—“Sent to Coventry. No respectable person will speak to him.” “My. my! What did he do?” “Struck a gentleman with his fist, instead of shooting him with his pis tol, sah.” Customer—“These shoes you made for me squeak so I can’t stand them. You’ll have to take them back. Shoemaker—“Ain’t you a church member?” “No.” “Oh! Beg pardon. I thought you were.” Magistrate—“Why don’t you answer to your name?” Vagrant—"Beg pardlng, jedge, but I forgot wat name I gave las’ night.” Magistrate—“Don’t you give your own name?” • Vagrant—“No, jedge, I’m travelin’ incog.” Clerk—“A lady in the front of the store wants some elephant tusk jelly. What on earth shall I do?” Fashionable Grocer—“Tell her we just sold the last lot to a boarding house keeper, but we’ll get another hogshead in sonn. She'll change her mind then.” “Do actors have any trouble getting seats at theatres?” was asked. “No.” replied Barnes Stormer, with a cau tious glance at the box office; “our trouble is getting receipts.” Hoax—Joblots has gone into the clothing business.” Joax—“He ought to do well. There’s money in clothes.” Hoax—“There’s never any in mine.” In after years the yarns are spun About our earthly love affairs. The women boast of every one, The men—well, they deny all theirs. A man thinks he knows a woman when he asks her to become his wife, but after his marriage he discovers his mistake. If an ostrich knew how much his feathers were worth he would be prouder than the peacock. Either a-woman thinks her husband i3 good looking or she says he is dis tinguished looking. When a girl tels a young man that the best is none too good for her it is up to him to offer himself. It takes a college graduate about twenty years to learn how little he knows. I LEGISLATURE Of NEBRASKA TS-—T-- —... ■' .- fc A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty**Ninth Gen** eral Session. SENATE—Balloting for the United States senator formed the interesting phase of the session of the senate on the 17th. The hour fixed for the ballot was 11:30. Lieutenant Governor Me Gilton announced that the first can vass of the senatorial vote would be taken and Assistant Secretary Greevy called the roll. Thirty-two senators voted for Elmer J. Burkett. Senator Hart was absent. The committee on revenue reported favorably on the bill of Senator Good to classify prop erty under the revenue law. It was placed on general file. Senate file 5, by Senator Epperson of Clay, was placed on general file. This bill pro vides ior complete records in suits involving land titles. In other classes of litigation if a complete record is ordered it must be paid for by the litigants. The matter of rules and committees was taken up. Tift com mittee on mining and the committee on emigration were abolished and the committee on game created. The judi ciary committee has eight members. HOUSE—The first three bills to pass the house were unanimously ap proved by that body on roll call on the 17th. T-ese were house roll 53, by Wilson, appropriating $80,000 for the payment of legislative salaries, house roll 54, by Wilson, appropriating $20, 000 for tne payment of legislative in cidental expenses, and house roll 55 by Wilson appropriating $18,000 from t. e Norfolk asylum fund to the Lin coln asylum fund. The house having fixed the hour of 11 o'clock for voting on United States senator, and that hour having arrived, proceeded to vote. There were no nominating speeches. The vote resulted, Elmer J. Burkett 86; Richard L. Metcalf 9, Al fred Sorenson 1 and J. A. Douglas of Rock county, a member of the legis lature, 1. The speaker thereupon de ' dared Mr. Burkett the choice of the house. Barnes of Douglas moved that each employe of the house be allowed pay for six days weekly, the pages to receive $1.50 per day, the elective officers $4 anu the appointive help $3. This precipitated an “economy” fight. McClay of Lancaster moved that the resolution be referred to the speaker. The resolution was tabled. Bills were introduced: To create a state regis trar of vital statistic* and to provide for the appointment of local registrars for compensation of local registrars of 25 cents for each certificate to be paid out of the county funds, for the regis tration of births and deaths and ior the payment out of the funds appro priated for the state board of health of the expenses incurred in keeping vital statistics. To allow 2,000 or more members of any fraternal Insurance organization, organized under the laws of another state, to withdraw from such organization and form a new society of their own and issue new certificates without re-examina tion of members. To make void liquor licenses in case where license has contracted for exclusive purchase of liquors from one or more persons and requiring that, except in cities of the metropolitan class, where the entire matter is left to tne fire and police board, wholesale and retail business may not be transacted under one license; emergency clause. To provide for the payment of road taxes in cash in all counties not under town ship organization, and to divide the proceeds equally between the county road fund and the district road fund. SENATE—For the first time, on the 18th, the senate, in committee of the whole, discussed bills on general file. There were only two bills to be considered, and both were ordered en grossed for a third reading. They were S. F. 2, by Good of Nemaha, pro viding that the state board should have power to equalize property by lowering or raising valuations upon the different classes, and S. F. 5, pro viding for a simplification of the pre paration of evidence for an appeal to the supreme court. After the reading of bills on second and first readings the senate adjourned to the house to become a part of the joint session that elected Elmer J. Burkett United State senator. A number of bills were Introduced, among them being: Ap pointing a state board of control for the soldiers’ homes and all charitable institutions, appointments to be made by the governor and the board to consist of three members, each of whom shall receive $2,500 a year and serve six years. The board shall make all appointments for heads of institu tions. To consolidate the Girls’ Indus trial school at Kearney, transferring the inmates of the former to Kearney and renting or leasing the state build ings at Geneva. Allowing county treasurers to do away with a needless record book and making valid all en tries made in the wrong book. A story is told by a London paper of a cabman who recently lost his voice when a man was brazen enough to pay him only the legal fare with out the customary tip. The cabby looked at the coin in the palm of his hand and tried hard to summon up words capable of expressing a por tion of what he felt. Meanwhile the man had disappeared, and when the cabby discovered this his language completely failed him. Finally a neighboring cabman came to his re lief: “Lave him to God, Mike,” he said; “lave him to God.” Louis XVI earned the gratitude of France by introducing the potato, and now President Loubet is to add an other dish to the table of president ■and peasant. The vegetable thus hon ored is the Chinese pe-tsai, said to be highly appreciated at the Chinese court. The experiment is to be con ducted in the Elysee garden. The vegetable is said to resemble cabbage in appearance and to have a delicious hazel nut taste. The conscience that Is too fine for •very day will fail in the hard day. HOUSE—After the house had been in session 4 short time on the 18th, a recess was taken to meet with the senate in joint session for the election of a United States senator. Standing committees reported favorably on H. R. 1, H. R. 5 and for more time on H. R. 3, tjie guaranty bond bill by Burns of Lancaster, the bill by Kyd of Gage to re-adopt Cobbey’s statutes and the bill of Windham of Cass for six su preme court commissioners, respec tively. Bills introduced included: An act defining the duties of railroad com panies in the shipment and transport ation of live stock, and providing pen alties for the violation thereof. Re quires railroads to allow' one round trip pass for each car of live stock and an additional return trip pass for each two cars in addition shipped at same time; makes roads liable for damage to stock on request to furnish such transportation; requires caboose on stock trains; stock to be transport ed at average speed of not less than sixteen miles an hour. An act to pro vide for participation by the state of Nebraska at the Lewis and Clark ex position and for the appropriation of $15,000 therefor. An act to provide for consolidation or reinsurance of the risks of fraternal beneficiary societies with or by other societies or organ izations, and providing a plan there for. Requires approval of the state auditor and a two-thirds vote of local or supreme lodges or societies con cerned. An act to regulate the sale of cocaine, morphine and opium, requir ing a physician’s certificate for pur chase, imposing penalty of $20 to $100. An act to appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of constructing aaditional fish ponds, etc., at the state fish hatcheries at South Bend. An act to declare void sales, trades or other disposition of stocks of goods or por tions thereof in bulk. Identical with senate bill. SENATE—The first bill that pass ed the senate occurred on the 19th and that was a revenue law amend ment. Senate file No. 3, by Good of Nemaha, was indorsed after third reading. This bill provides for a class ification of property. When the state board of equalization raises the valu ation of property in a county, if the bill becomes a law, the valuation of property may be raised. It is claimed that this bill will prevent all the tax payers from suffering from the shirk ings of a particuar class of property owners. Senator Cady requested that the judiciary committee prepare a bill listing all property that is exempt from taxation. The senate went into the committee of the whole with Senator Fries of Valley in the chair. Senate file No. 5, by Senator Epper son, was taken up. It provides that complete records shall only be taken in the cases of real estate litigation involving titles in other suits. The measure was ordered engrossed for third reading. The following bills were introduced into the senate: To per mit errors in assessment to be cor rected by the local board of equaliza tion. To permit cities, towns and vil lages to engage in commercial light ing and to vote bonds for electric light plants. The bonds must mature in twenty years, and may bear as high as 7 per cent interest. To provide for a state registrar of vital statistics. HOUSE—The house was in session for less than two hours on the 19th. and then adjourned for the day. House roll No. 6. by Kyd of Gage, to change the method provided for the drawing of jurors in Gage county, was re commended back for indefinite post ponement by the standing committee and the report was adopted. Most of the morniag was spent in committee of the whole, with Perry of Furnas in the chair, in considering house roll No. 13, by Voter of Cedar. This Is to give landlords a lien for rent upon all crops grown upon the leased premises and to provide for enforce ment thereof under the same pro cedure as governs in regard to chat tel mortgages. The bill was recom mended for passage. Voter explained at some length the provisions of the bill and declared it was a necessary measure for the protection of land lords against dishonest renters. He de plored the fact that similar measures had always been defeated in previous sessions. The clerk read to the house a letter received from Congressman Hinshaw of the Fourth district, as fol lows: “I am In receipt of a resolution adopted by the house of representa tives expressing approval of the views of President Roosevelt on dealing with corporations, as outlined in his last mesage to congress, and request ing that the Nebraska delegation shafl sustain the president and vote to in crease the power and authority of tho interstate commerce commission, as | Lord Howard De Walden of Eng land has made himself pre-eminent in the art of fencing. He is one of the best swordsmen in Britain, and is al most as much at home with the an cient swords of the ages of romance as with modern weapons. Through this idea of practicing with old fash ioned arms Lord Howard was led on to collect them, and he has already added several exquisite specimens to his old armor. One of these is an in laid sword once the property of Louis XVI of France. Among the curiosities of Canton are shops where crickets are raised for fighting, as the Filipinos’ fighting cocks. The Chinese gamble on the re sults, and a good fighting cricket is sometimes sold for $100. Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all ‘ persons.—Ruskin. Men would esteem it a favor If friends did not make Inquiry as to their ages. conditions may require. I desire to say that I am fully in accord with the views of the president on the ques tion; have had frequent interviews with him upon this subject and shall endeavor to do my duty toward legis lation to give additional powers to the interstate commerce commission.” Bills introduced included: To require all buildings, except private resi dences, above three stories in height, to be equipped with fire escapes; present limit i3 four stories; also re quires fire escapes on theaters; emer gency clause. To protect trade and commerce against unlawful festraints and monopolies and to prohibit the giving or receiving of rebates on th* transportation of property. SENATE!—Senator Thomas of Douglas county introduced his voting machine bill on the 20th, and the Douglas delegation, it is understood, will urge its passage. The bill among > other thngs provides for a ‘Noting machine commission.” to be composed of the governor, the secretary of state and the state auditor, w’ho shall have charge of the matter. These have the right to employ or appoint three dep uties to have supervision of the ma chine. Several committees reported favorably on bills. The senate ad journed shortly after 11 o’clock until Monday. The following bills were in troduced: An act relating to negotiable instruments, being an act to establish a law’ uniform with the laws of other states. An act to apportion the state into judicial districts and for the elec tion of officers thereof. To appro priate the sum of $3,000 for construct ing additional fish ponds and making general improvements at the state fish hatpheries at South Bend. Pro viding for the stocking of private ponds with fish or spawn under direc tion of the game warden. An act to provide for the publication of the proceedings of the regular and special meetings of the directors of irriga tion districts. An act to prohibit the keeping or selling of intoxicating liquors as a beverage within four miles of United States fort, army post or soldiers’ home. HOUSE/—On the 20th the house held another short morning session, ad journing at noon. H. R. 18. by Kyd of Gage, a bridge bill, was made a spec ial order for Tuesday, when the house goes into committee of the whole. The idea of this measure as ex plained by Kvd is to make all con tractors bid to plans drawn by the county commissioners for the con struction of iron bridges. Bills were introduced: An act to equalize the distribution among counties of the onefourth of the school fund, ignor ing the provision of distribution on a population basis. An act to compel railroads to put hinged gates over private railroad crossings. Providing that mill sites shall revert to origin al owners when mills are not operated for ten years or rebuilt within twro years after destruction. An act to al low any constable in the county to serve papers issued from a justice of the peace court in cases involving peace warrants. Providing for the elec tion of six justices of the peace and six constables in Omaha, the con stables to be elected every four years. Authorizing any constable in the county to act where the constable of the court or precinct is disabled. The house adopted a report of the printing committee awarding the con tract for 1,000 copies of the gover nor’s annual message to the State Journal company, whi?h was the low est bidder. The price was |1.25 a page. The message will contain about thirty-five pages. New Judicial Apportionment. The judicial apportionment bill in troduced in the sen,ate on the 20th by Breese of Sheridan, provides for fif teen districts and that the present incumbents shall not be disturbed. The bill divides the state as follows. Where there is no number to indicate the district shall have one Judge: First. Richardson. Nemana. Johnson, Pawnee. Gage and Jefferson; two judges. Second. Otoe and Cass. Third. Lancaster; three Judges. Fourth. Douglas. Sarpy, Washington and Burt; seven judges. Fifth. Saunders. Seward. Butler, York, Hamilton and Polk: two judges. Sixth. Dodge. Colfax. Platte, Merrick and Nance; two Judges. Seventh. Saline. Filmore, Thayer, Nuckolls and Clay. Eighth. Cuming. Stanton, Dixon, Da kota. Cedar and Thurston. Ninth. Wayne. Madison. Antelope. Pierce. Knox. Holt. Boyd, Rock. Brown. Keya Paha: two judges. Tenth. Adams. Webster, Kearney, Franklin. Harlan and Phelps. Eleventh. Boone. Hall. Wheeler. Gree ley. Garfield. Loup. Valley. Howard. Blaine, Thomas. Hooker, Grant; two judges. Twelfth. Buffalo, Dawson, Custer, Sherman. Thirteenth. Lincoln. Logan, Keith. Cheyenne. Deuel. Scott’s Bluff. Kimball, Banner, McPherson. Arthur. Perkins. Fourteenth. Gosper, Furnas. Frontier. Red Willow. Hayes, Hitchcock, Chaset Dundy. Fifteenth. Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes, Sioux, Box Butte. Bank of England Trade. Obsequious Clerk—“Of course, mad am, I can't sell you a tail like the one you have on at the same price.”— Woman’s Home Companion. It is estimated that a fog in Tendon entails an expediture of $115,000 for a single day’s extra lighting. Speaker Cannon is now wielding a gavel made from a piece of dogwood which grew on the farm where he was born near Guilford, N. C. John C. Fox of that place presented it to Mr .Cannon. “Uncle Joe” was de lighted to get the relic and assured Mr. Fox that he would take the best care of it. “But you know,” he added, “the life of a gavel in the house of representatives is a short, merry and difficult one. It has a rough road to travel and is subject to a great many hard knocks. It doesn’t lead the sim ple life by a considerable sight.” Love is always building up. It puts some line of beauty in every life it touches. It makes life seem more worth while to every one into whose eyes it looks. Its words are benedic tions. .Its every breath is full of in spiration.—Henry Kingslay. The charities that soothe and heal and bless are scattered at the feet of men like flowers.—Wordsworth. A woman likes to be told the pleas ant *remarka made about her appear ance. USED TO GOOD ADVANTAGE. _• Congressman Played Railroad Blanks to the Limit. “Twenty years ago, when railroad passes were as thick in Kansas as wild sunflowers, a draft was made on a road once which took away the breath of even the hardened officials,” said a “formerly of Kansas man” last night. “At the Republican state convention in 1882 Lew HanbaCk, now dead, was nominated for congress, as one of the ‘big four’ fongressmen at large to which the state became entitled under the new apportionment. “Hanback was poor. In those days nobody paid railroad fare if he had any kind of a drag on a politician of influence. Consequently, when sever al of the men who had helped nom inate Hanback asked him for passes home from Topeka he had to do some thing. He went to Archie Williams atttorney for the Union Pacific, and asked for help. Williams ransacked his office and found a book of passe; containing three blanks. He signed these and gave them to Hanback. “Several days afterward William? received a scorching letter from the general management, asking him what in the blazes he meant by issuina passes to carry men by the train load The letter said: “ ‘We are willing to stand for any thing reasonable, but when a pass reads, ‘Pass John Doe and forty-five others.’ it is going too strong.’ "Williams found on investigation that Hanback had passed 125 men on those three blanks.”—Seattle Post In telligencer. LIQUID AIR FOR THE HOUSE Rooms to Be Cooled Easily and the Ice Man’s Occupation Gone. Skeptical housewives may smile when told that liquid air and its prod ucts. oxygen and nitrogen, will ever be of economic value to them in cool ing the house. There is every indica tion, however, that w thin the next dec ade these commodities will be deliv ered at the door for cooling purposes, just as milk and groceries are deliver ed to-day, and at a minimum price. When this time arrives architects will plan for cooling pipes just as they now do for heating apparatus. Inventors have now perfected their system, however, to the extent that they are building a plant which will manufacture every twenty-four hours liquid air which in cooling effect will be equivalent to 200 tons of ice. At first they propose to interest large establishments where the liquid air will be delivered ready for use at one twentieth of the present cost. Later, when its value is recognized, it will be delivered to the housewife in insulated containers ready to at tach to the pipes leading to the coil overhead. This coil, ly the way, w ill bo made as ornamental and inconspic uous as possible and will cost no more than the heating pipes. As nitrogen is one of the most perfect preserva tives known, it is predicted that when it becomes plentiful through the manu facture of liquid air it will be possi ble to do away with ice so far as the kitchen refrigerator is concerned. Love. What would become of this old earth Without the angel. Love? Its peace and ftope. its rest and mirth, Its faith In Heaven above? There's not a heart of all the race Where its wings find no resting place This cooing, murm'ring love. The love of mother, strong and deep, Like a calm river fair. A sister's love. oh. safely keep That jewel bright and rare; The holy love of that true w ife. Full and sweet as the fount of life | And pure as angels are. And may I love thee. O mv friend. Wilt thou be true to me? True love is patient, without end. Strong as eternity. Sweet longings from thy soul and mine Around our hearts their tendrils twine And bind me close to thee. But there's a love above all height And deeper than the sea. As glorious as the morning light As boundless, and as free. 'Tis God's almighty love, that wings My spirit far from earthly things And shows his heart to me. -Rev. C. W. Strickland Distressing. Mrs. Hetty Green, the noted finan cier, was talking about the vicissi tudes of housekeeping. “Accidents occur in housekeeping,’’ she said, “as distressing and horrible as any that occur in the world of finance. “A woman of Bellows Falls gave a party last year. Pie was served at the party—apple pie with the crust very prettily ornamented. “The woman called the cook into the dining room. ‘“Mary, she said, ‘this crust looks very nice. How did you scallop it sc beautifully? “ ‘With your false teeth, mum,’ the cook answered.” On a Small Scale. The Simmons baby had been through a siege of chicken-pox, and when the minister’s wife met little Annie Simmons she naturally in* quired how the baby was getting on. “He’s some better,” said Annie, who was a shy and non-committal young person of eight. “Very much better. I hope,” said the minister’s wife, cheerfully. “He couldn’t be so very much bet ter.” said Annie, “’cause he’s too little.”—Youth’s Companion. The Largest Cannon Ball. The biggest cannon ball ever made weighed 2,600 lbs., and was manufac tured at the Kdupp works. Essen, for the government of the Czar. The gun from which this projectile was fired is also the largest in the world, and Is placed in the fortifications of Cron stadt. This gun has a range of twelve miles, and it has been estimated that each shot costs $1,500. Soak Railway Sentries. The sentries on the Siberian railway complain that the engine drivers, who probably have hnti-imperial sympa thjes, take a delight in opening a steam valve just as the engine is pass ing and giving them a soaking. Skeptical. “Yes,” began the maiden, “you are Che only man I ever—” ‘ Is it possible?” he interrupted. “And leap year almost ended, too!” Boulevard Repartee. “Why do you need a horn?” asked the wagon. “I have no use for one.” “Yes,” replied the automobile, “trat then you have a tongue.”